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Upstream product

• 100-52-7 benzaldehyde 
• 588-59-0 stilbene 
• 108-24-7 acetic anhydride 
• 14371-10-9 (E)-3-phenylpropenal 
• 1439-07-2 trans-Stilbene oxide 
• 72277-01-1 diethyl 1-trimethylsilyloxy-3-phenyl-2-propenylphosphonate 
• 75228-44-3 2-ethoxycarbonyl-cis-3,4-diphenyl-γ-butyrolactone 
• 17876-95-8 (trimethylsilyl)phenylmethanol 
• 108-95-2 phenol 
• 2243-53-0 trans-styrylacetic acid 
• 98-80-6 phenylboronic acid 
• 79028-19-6 (2R,3R)-2,3-Diphenyl-cyclobutanone 
• 18925-69-4 N,N-dimethyl-2-phenylacetamide 
• 100-42-5 styrene 

Downstream Products

• 6995-49-9 acide (-)-3,4-diphenylbutanoique 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

New Catalytic Radical Process Involving 1,4-Hydrogen Atom Abstraction: Asymmetric Construction of Cyclobutanones

While alkyl radicals have been well demonstrated to undergo both 1,5- and 1,6-hydrogen atom abstraction (HAA) reactions, 1,4-HAA is typically a challenging process both entropically and enthalpically. Consequently, chemical transformations based on 1,4-HAA have been scarcely developed. Guided by the general mechanistic principles of metalloradical catalysis (MRC), 1,4-HAA has been successfully incorporated as a key step, followed by 4-exo-tet radical substitution (RS), for the development of a new catalytic radical process that enables asymmetric 1,4-C-H alkylation of diazoketones for stereoselective construction of cyclobutanone structures. The key to success is the optimization of the Co(II)-based metalloradical catalyst through judicious modulation of D2-symmetric chiral amidoporphyrin ligand to adopt proper steric, electronic, and chiral environments that can utilize a network of noncovalent attractive interactions for effective activation of the substrate and subsequent radical intermediates. Supported by an optimal chiral ligand, the Co(II)-based metalloradical system, which operates under mild conditions, is capable of 1,4-C-H alkylation of α-aryldiazoketones with varied electronic and steric properties to construct chiral α,β-disubstituted cyclobutanones in good to high yields with high diastereoselectivities and enantioselectivities, generating dinitrogen as the only byproduct. Combined computational and experimental studies have shed light on the mechanistic details of the new catalytic radical process, including the revelation of facile 1,4-HAA and 4-exo-tet-RS steps. The resulting enantioenriched α,β-disubstituted cyclobutanones, as showcased with several enantiospecific transformations to other types of cyclic structures, may find useful applications in stereoselective organic synthesis.

Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Hydroalkoxymethylation of Activated Alkenes Using α-Silyl Ethers as Alkoxymethyl Radical Equivalents

A new neutral silicon-based traceless activation group (TAG) for visible-light photoredox-catalyzed hydroalkoxymethylation of alkenes is presented. This reaction involves in-situ-generated alkoxymethyl radical via single electron oxidation (SET) of α-TMS-substituted ethers, followed by subsequent conjugate addition to activated alkenes. Various functional groups were tolerated both under mild metal and metal-free conditions to provide good to excellent yields. Furthermore, the addition products were transformed to valuable synthetic building blocks, such as carboxylic acids,-butyrolactones, and complex aryl alkyl ethers.

MnO2-promoted carboesterification of alkenes with anhydrides: A facile approach to γ-lactones

An efficient carboesterification of alkenes with anhydrides promoted by MnO2 has been developed to afford functionalized γ-lactones in good to excellent yields. This method shows a broad substrate scope and provides a valuable and convenient synthetic tool for constructing γ-lactones.

Carbene catalyzed umpolung of α,β-enals: A reactivity study of diamino dienols vs. azolium enolates, and the characterization of advanced reaction intermediates

Since their discovery by Bode and Glorius in 2004, N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed conjugate umpolung reactions of α,β-enals have been postulated to involve the formation of diamino dienols ("homoenolates") and/or azolium enolates ("enolates"), typically followed by addition to electrophiles, e.g. Michael-acceptors. In this article, we provide evidence, for the first time, for the postulated individual and specific reactivity patterns of diamino dienols (γ-C-C-bond formation) vs. azolium enolates (β-C-C-bond formation). Our study is based on the pre-formation of well defined diamino dienols and azolium enolates, and the in situ NMR monitoring of their reactivities towards enone electrophiles. Additionally, reaction intermediates were isolated and characterized, inter alia by X-ray crystallography.

Mn(OAc)3-mediated arylation-lactonization of alkenoic acids: Synthesis of γ,γ-disubstituted butyrolactones

A general method for the oxidative cyclization of 4-alkenoic acids with arylboronic acids has been developed. The reactions described provide a novel access to γ,γ-disubstituted butyrolactones in moderate yields, and allow the direct formation of a C-C bo

Multiple rhodium-catalyzed cleavages of single C-C bonds

The Rh(I)-catalyzed intramolecular hydroacylation of cis and trans asymmetrically substituted alkylidenecyclobutanes proceeds according to three mechanistic pathways. As shown by deuterium-labeling experiments, the mechanism accounting for the rearrangeme

Rh-catalyzed addition of β-carbonyl pinacol alkylboronates to aldehydes: Asymmetric synthesis of γ-butyrolactones

The rhodium-catalyzed 1,2-addition of chiral benzylic secondary alkylboronic esters with a coordinating carbonyl group to aldehydes was demonstrated with high levels of enantiospecificity. Pinacol boronic ester derivatives can be employed directly for the addition in the presence of KHF2 without the use of corresponding trifluoroborate salts where retention of the configuration was observed. Enantiomerically enriched β,γ-diaryl-substituted γ-butyrolactones were synthesized in good yields.

Regio-, Stereo-, and Enantioselectivity in the Electrophilic Reactions of 2-Amino-4-phenyl-3-butenenitriles

The allylic anion generated from 2-(N-methylanilino)-4-phenyl-3-butenenitrile (1) reacted with iodomethane and 3-bromo-1-chloropropane in THF/HMPA to give γ-substituted products exclusively, predominantly in the 2Z-configuration.Substitution of the N-methylanilino group with the methyl ether of L-(-)-ephedrine resulted in the generation of chiral aminonitrile 2.Lithiated 2 reacted sluggishly in THF with allyl bromide and benzyl chloride in the absence of HMPA to give the γ-substituted products predominantly in the 2Z-configuration, with little diastereoselectivity.The aminonitrile 3 prepared from cinnamaldehyde, L-(-)-ephedrine, and KCN was lithiated with 2 equiv of LDA resulting in high facial selectivity (76 - 100 percent diastereomeric excess) in alkylations in the presence of HMPA and LiI.Lithiated 3 reacted with propionaldehyde, benzaldehyde, and p-bromobenzaldehyde at -78 deg C to give the γ-addition products, predominantly in the 4R-configuration (64 -78 percent de).The stereochemistry of the isomers of each product was determined by chemical correlation and spectral methods including analyses of the CD spectra and X-ray diffraction.A bicyclic transition state C wherein lithium is chelated by both amino and alkoxy groups is proposed to interpret the observed stereoselectivity.

Mechanisms for Manganese(III) Osidations with Alkenes

In the reaction of manganese(III) acetate with carboxylic acids and alkenes, three distinct processes have been identified which involve the alkene and two processes which are independent of alkene.A combination of product studies, rearrangements, dilution experiments and literature kinetic data allow the proposal of a unified mechanistic picture to describe these processes.Specifically, the role of α-H acidity of the carboxylyic acid component, electron deficient radical additions, metal complexed organic radicals, and the importance of an oxo-centered manganese(III) triangle are discussed as they relate to the lactone annulation reaction.Single electron transfer oxidation of alkenes is described as a route toward 1,2-diacetates of alkenes within the 8.1-7.5 eV I.P. range.Three less common modes of Mn(III) reaction are discussed and compared with the two primary processes of lactone annulation and 1,2-diacetate formation.

Silyl Phosphites. XVIII. Versatile Utility of α-(Trimethylsilyloxy)-alkylphosphonates as Key Intermediates for Transformation of Aldehydes into Several Carbonyl Derivatives

Carbonyl addition compounds of diethyl trimethylsilyl phosphite (DTMSP) with aldehydes were converted, by treatment with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) followed by the successive alkylation and alkaline hydrolysis, to carbonyl derivatives involving aldehydes, unsymmetrical ketones, β,γ-unsaturated ketones, and carboxylic acids. β-Substituted carboxylic esters and γ-substituted lactones were prepared by use of the carbonyl addition compounds of DTMSP with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.